Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-15

4 Drummer Who Gets Himself Ar.
rested and Refuses 10 Pay q Fine.
he Is SENTENCED 10 nPKBoNMRNr-A WRIT OF
HABRAs CORPUS

BIZ IS SENTENCED 10 nrKrsosnRNr-A WRIT OF
HABEAs CORPUS.
This morning Mr.. Francis Miller. counse, for
VIM. Hennick, commercial agent representing
the firm Of Lyons Conklin & CO.. OF Baltimore.
called On Prosecuting Attorney Padgett and repre-
sented that he wanted 10 test the law relating to
commercial agents Detective Horne went with
Mr.. Hennick to store on D street. where the lat
Yer onered for sale by sample some tin plate He
was placed under arrest and taken to the Police
Court, where after hearing the case, a nneof SOS
was imposed. Defendants counsel said that his
client refused to pay the fine and would not o1er
The court ordered the defendant to the custody OF
the marshal, and gave him sixty days tmprtSOn-
ment, In default OF f1ne.
Nj. Miller at once presented to Judge Hagner a
pettlOn OF naDeaS corpus, directed to the marshal
and IL was made returnable tomorrow morning at
The petition sets out that Hennick was engaged
N BUSINESS nee as the agent OF Lyons Conkln q
20. ny onering to sell by sample and catalogue
goouS Wnicn were TO be forwarded from Baltimore,
ana White so engaged he had been arrested, taken
before the Police Court, &C.
Not Authorized by the w. C. T. U,
To the Editor ofTHE EVENING STAR:
The letter alleged to have been written In "be-
nall OF the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, !"
and signed by Mrs. Rebecca r. Jones, was first
Drought TO public notice through TIE STAR OF the
tceh. AASdSC tUdt tuc w. Cs j. u. ucfGT du.
th0rized such communication.
MIS- s. d. La FETRA, President.
SCOTTISH RITE OFFICERS ELECTED.-At the Til
ennial Conclave OF Evangelist chapter, No. L,
knights Rose CrOix, A. a. s. Rite, held at the
sanctuary last evening, the following officers were
Geo. Z. COrsOn, SD degree, wise master; A NJ.
Tubman, SD degree, senior warden; JAS. Lans-
, 1a.gs a ga dsgree junior warden Robert Elem
alIhoner; 1hOS. p. Chiffelle, 18th degree. secre-
iary; Thos. Someryilie, $50 degree treasurer, and
sgd degree, senior and junior wardens, respec,
lively, Of the Council Of Princes Of Jerusalem.
Tor Laura hopper KoDey, nled bill against
Calvin A. Hopper for divorce. The plaintiff alleges
That the last address OF the defendant was at BAL
July, 1871. The grounds alleged are the hahitual
drunkenness Of the husband for more than ten
years. and his desertion OF her in April 1884.
FINED FOR CRUELTY TO MULR.-James Lewis, q
cOlOred cart-dnver, was before the Police Court To-
day, charged with cruelty beating mule. George
W. schneider testified that he saw the defendant
torture the mule with an iron bar and beat him
over the head with the Jrap-stick OF the cart The
court imposed fine OF $40 or 80 days on the farm.
SUDDEN DEATH FROM HEART DIsEAsR.-About
hatT-paSt nine O'Clock last evening George NDe-
lanO, Deputy Second Controller under the last adj
mtpastration died suddenly Of heart disease at his
residence, on Mount Pleasant. He had been sick
only two days with indigestion, and his death was
entirely unexpected. lie leaves vile, son and
daughter, and WAS between nifty and sixty years
Oh age. Mr.. Delano was juror OF the present
term of the criminal court, and was In the court
room ON "Wednesday, apparently in good health.
SLIGHT FIRES.-YeSterday afternoon some child
rem SET FIRE 10 stack OF hay belonging to Mrs.
Curtain, at the corner OF 9th and streets north
east, but the flames were soon extingutShed.-
Last evening" about 8 O'Clock, q cOal-Oll lamp eX-
ploded In the house OF Emma Blagden, No. ~,
SHOWS Row, between L, Pierce, North Capitol and
LIST streets northwest, and some $50 damage re-
suited.
A Hosr OF speciality artists, including pretty Ada
Norton, In "his Sin, at Kernans.-Adu